Opinion essays are discursive essays in which you present your personal opinion on a particular topic

In my experience ...

As far as I understand / can see, ...

As I see it, ... / From my point of view ...

As far as I know ... / From what I know ...

I might be wrong but ...

If I am not mistaken ...

I believe one can (safely) say ...

• It is claimed that ...
• I must admit that ...
• I cannot deny that ...
• I can imagine that ...
• I think/believe/suppose ...
• Personally, I think ...
• That is why I think ...
• I am sure/certain/convinced that ...
• I am not sure/certain, but ...
• I am not sure, because I don't know the situation exactly.
• I am not convinced that ...

• On the one hand, ... On the other hand, ...
• In contrast to this is ...
• Because of ...
• That is why ...
• After all, ...
• The reason is that ...
• In that respect ...
• The result of this is that ...
• Another aspect/point is that ...
• It is because ...
• Although it is true that ... it would be wrong to claim that ...
• That may sometimes be true, but ...
• One could argue that ..., but ...

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